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No. 626,567. Patented June 6, I899. C. S. ROBINSON.

GARBAGE RECEPTAGLE AND CLOSET FOR SAME. (Application filed Aug. 4,1898.) (No Model.)

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UNiTnp STATES PATENT FFICE.

CORNELIA S. ROBINSON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

GARBAGE-RECEPTACLE AND CLOSET FOR SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,567, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed August 4, 1898. Serial No. 687,724. (No model.)

Receptacle and Closet for the Same, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to garbage-closets, such as those shown anddescribed in the application for Letters Patent of the United States,Serial No. 643,215, filed by me on July 2, 1897, and allowed on April20, 1898.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvedgarbage-receptacle and a closet for containing the same, the closetbeing fixed in the wall of the building and access being had to thecloset from the inside of the room. A proper ventilation is provided, sothat air can circulate from the outside through the casing and the odorsarising from the garbage can pass directly into an outlet-flue leadingto a chimney or the like.

The invention consists of novel featiires and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a transverse section of the improvement. Fig. 2 is asectional side elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a plan view of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a planview of the grate, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the air-intake.

The improved garbage-closet illustrated in the drawings is provided witha casing A, preferably made of metal and setin an opening in the wall Bof a building in such a manner that the inner side of the casing opensinto a room, a door (J being at this side, connected by hinges D to aside flange of the easing, as will be readily understood by refer- Thuswhen the door 0 is opened access is had to the interior of the casing toplace a receptacle in the casing or to remove it therefrom.

The bottom A of the casing A is provided with an air-inlet opening Aregistering with the inner top' opening E, formed in the top of anintake or flue E, extending transversely from the casing and having aninclined bottom E terminating a short distance from the outer face ofthe wall B. The outer end of the said bottom is formed with a dependingdrip-flange E so that any Water or moisture accumulating in the flue orintake readily drips off from the flange Without coming in contact withthe outer face of the wall. The top of the intake E, at the sides of theopening E, is formed with flanges E fastened by bolts E to the bottom Aof the casing, so that the device can be readily used on walls ofdifferent thickness with the same-sized casing, the fine or intake Ebeing of different lengths to bring the outer end a short distancebeyond the outer face of the wall.

The opening A of the bottom A is covered by a grate F, preferably in theform of a perforated disk, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 4, the edgesof the disk resting on an annular flange A extending upwardly andoutwardly from the bottom A of the casing. This flange A forms aretaining device for the lower edge of the shell G, extending flaringlyfrom the body of the receptacle or pail G, adapted to be set into thecasing A and containing the garbage. The bottom G of the pail isapproximately semispherical in shape, as is plainly indicated in thedrawings, so that the pail can be readily emptied of its contentswithout danger of the garbage particles adhering to the bottom,especially when the garbage is moist.

The shell G is formed with apertures G so that when the pail is inposition on the retaining device the air passing in from the outsidethrough the intake E and through the perfobe closed by a cover H, havingan upwardlyextending pipe I-l opening into the outlet-flue 1, leadingfrom the top of the casing-A to. a chimney or other outlet for carryingoff the gases and for insuring a proper draft of the air passing intothe casing by way of the intake E. Furthermore, the odors arising fromthe garbage in the pail G pass through the pipe H directly into theoutlet-flue I, so that the said odors do not pass into the casing, butare taken directly to the chimney by the draft of air passing throughthe casing, as above explained.

The cover H is loosely engaged at opposite sides by the upper ends ofrods J between a spaced nut J 3 and a collar J the said rods extendingupwardly from the ends of an approximately horizontal U-shaped arm J,piv-

oted at its middle portion in bearings K, at-

tached to the rear side of the casing A. One of the rods J is extendeddownwardly, as at J to connect at its lower end by a link L with thedoor 0 near the hinges D, so that when the door is swung open the link Lpulls on the extension J and swings the arm J and the rods J upward tolift the cover H a suitable distance above the top of the pail G, sothat the latter can be readily removed from the casing or placed inposition in the same. When the dooris'swungshuathe link Lallows the armJ, the rods J, and the cover H to move downwardand finally seat thecover H on thetop of the pail, so as to close the same and conduct theodors by the pipe H directly into theoutlet-flue I, as above mentioned.

Thespace between the collar J and the nut J permits proper movement ofthe rods J when the arm J swings up or down, prevents accidentaldisplacement of the cover from the ends of the rods, and allows ofcleaning the same whenever desired.

It will be seen that by the arrangement (16', scribed a properventilation of the casing is at all times insured, and at the same timethe odors arising from the contents of the pail are directly carried upinto the outlet-flue I,-

.so that the adjacent room into which the door 0 opens is not liable tobe contaminated by the odors and gases incident to decomposition of thegarbage in the pail. It will be further seen that by the arrangementdescribed no attention need be given by the operator to the cover H, asthe latter is completely automatic in operation-that is, on opening thedoor the cover is lifted off the pail to permit the removal andinsertion of the.latter,.and when thedoor is again closed the cover islowered to seat itself on the pailQ As the pail by the flange A isalways held in" proper position relative to the cover H, it isevident'that the cover seats itself at all times properly on the top ofthe pail.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I ,1. Agarbage-closet comprising a casing set in the wall ofv abuilding, andadapted to con-'- tain'apail orlike receptacle, a door for said casing,and a vertically-movable cover for said pail-and connected with thedoor, so that when l the door is opened,the cover is raised oif'the'pail, andwhenthe door is closed'the cover is lowered upon the pail,substantially as shown and described.

2. A garbage-closet comprising a casin g set in the wall of abuilding,and having a door leading into a room, said casing being adapted tocontain a pail or like receptacle, an outletflue leading from saidcasing, and a suspended cover for the pail within said casing, andraised and lowered by the opening and closing of the door, substantiallyas shown and described.

3. A garbage-closet comprising a casingset in the wall of abuilding, andadapted to contain a pail or like receptacle, an outlet-fine leadingfrom said casing, and a suspended coverwithin said casing, for coveringsaid pail, the cover being provided with a pipe extending up into saidoutlet-flue, for leading the odors arising from the contents of the paildirectly-up into the flue without passing through the casing,substantially as shown and described.

4. A garbage-closet comprising a casing set in the wall of a building,and adapted to contain a pail or like receptacle, an outlet-flue leadingfrom said casing, a suspended cover within said casing, for coveringsaid pail, a door for said casing, and a connection between said doorand said cover, for supporting the latter and moving it up and down onopening and closing the door, substantially as shown and described.

5. A garbage-closet provided with a door, a cover in said closet, an armfulcrumed in the'casing and connected with said cover to support thelatter in the casing, and a link connecting the door and the said arm,for imparting a swinging motion to the arm on opening and closing thedoor, substantially as shown and described.

6. Agarbage-closet and receptacle therefor, comprising a casing set inthe wall of a building,and having adoor leading to aroom, a fresh-airintake secured to the apertured bottom of the casing and leading to theouter air, an outlet-flue leading from the top of the casing, and areceptacle formed at its lower end'with an external apertured shell orfoot surrounding the opening in the bottom of the of the. casing, areceptacle formed at its lower end with an external apertured shell orfoot surrounding the opening in the bottom, and

a cover for the'receptacle, having an outletpipe extending into the saidoutlet-flue, substantially as shown and described.

' OORNELIA S. ROBINSON. Witnesses:

A. T. TIMPsoN, v GILB RT ROBINSON.

